The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-06

would be rent by social and political
strife, and six months hence Mormon
could not live within the borders of the
Territory in peace and safety. The
plundering contemplated. by His Excel
lency and those whose agent and too
he was, would now have been we'll in
augurated. There may be some who
are verdant enough to think that after
what he did last winter for their en-
slavement and destruction, the Nor
mons will accept Governor West as
aheir friend, and btlieve he can be any
thing but their bitter enemy. His
professions of friendship, and his
alleged desire for reign of good feel
ing do not harmonic with his
lobbying efforts of two or three
months ago, when he used his friend,
Speaker Carlisle, to help along a scheme
for the driving of the Mormons from
Utah. or their plumber if they re-
manned here and cid not renounce
their religion. Governor West has done
too much, has gone too far, to regain
the confidence and esteem of tie peo-
pie of Utah.
Then, the secretary Of the prelimi-
nary meeting was man who has done
all his petty ability would permit to
make himself offensive to the people OF
this Territory. He, too, was IN Wash
ington last winter as an enemy to the
Mormons and the good government OF
Utah. True, he didn't do much, but
that was not his fault; he did all he
could, and is to day doing all he can to
overthrow the people he processes
desire to see united in an effort for the
advancement of Utah commercially.
Besides, what is there about Receiver
Wallace that should suggest the pro
priety of his connection with chamber
of commerce? He is carpet-bagger
in the most odious sense of the
term, his material possessions in Utah
being the contents of his grip-sack, and
his interest here being confined to his
official commission. Whoever thinks
Mormon merchant, banker or business
man can work vel in harness wi b
Wallace is simply ignorant of the COM
monest characteristics of human ma
ture.
The principal speaker at the prelimin-
airy meeting was Judge Bennett, a man
who was hired by the Loyal League to
induce Congress, by cunning, special
pleading and misrepresentation to pass
such laws as would drive the Mormons
from Utah after subjecting them to rob-
berry al tine hands of his employers
Doing all he could against the people in
he came home where he
has since been doing all in mis- power to
destroy the community: He stopped
long enough in his labor of hate
to deliver an oily speech with
which he thought to capture" the
Mormons, and then went on with his
work of villifieation and abuse. Last
night he further aroused the enmity Of
ths Stocktonites towards the Mormons,
and tonight he breaches the doctrine
of hate and spoliation to the men of
Tintic. 1t is really amusing that Judge
Bennett should be employed to entice
Mormons into the chamber of COM
mer6e. Why is not District Attorney
Dickson hired to drum for the chamber +?
Cannot eI-Judge Powers be brought |
back from obscurity in Michigan, and
invited to teach love and harmony to |
the Mormons and Gentiles OF Utah?
The HERALD would like to see that |
1nion prevail which is the ostensible OBJ |
ect of the prospective chamber of COM
neree. We know that unity of pur-
pose and harmony of effort would be of |
great material, political, social and
commercial benefit to the city and Ter
,itory; but we also know there can
never be such unity and harmony while |
men are one day enthusiastic Loyal
Ceaguers, bent on the destru elton of
The community, and the next day are
altering houied words to lure Nor
mons. To presume there can be union
md harmony is to suggest that the
Hormons are fools and poltroons; that
hey will love their enemies better than
hey love themselves; that they delight
d turning the other cheek when struck
On one, and that they are such strange
and peculiar creatures that they delight
n helping those who oppose them.
The men who showed themselves or have
been showed to the front in this cham
Der of commerce scheme, are not the
parties to achieve a..success in harmon
zing efforts in this community. If the
shall amount to any thing there
must be some retirements of its active
advocates. 1t will be time enough for
hem to come forward when they have
an interest in the Territory,
Ind shown that they are not enemies
% peace, good order and prosperity.
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